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13Y W, A. LEE AND IIUGII WILSON.. ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY. OCTOBER 2, 1868. VOLUME *vi?no oa
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POLICY VS. PLATFORM.
THE nnMOCUATIC rAHTY AND TOE NEGRO
ST ATI! G O VEIJ N M K NTS ? WILL CONGIIESHIONAL
HECONSTKITCTION STAND, OK PR
lH\Vi:i*r A WAV 'i?WHAT TI1K NEW YOKK
"WOULD SAYS.
Und<*r the heading, "A Frank Answer
to uu Insidious question," a very significant
leading editorial appears in the Now York
W'nld of Tuesday last. The World is the
most prominent and inllunnlial of the
Doiuocralic organs at t!io North, nnd is
underwood to r?llect liio views of those
iiv. mil Muijic i no pancy 01 mo J icrnocratic
party in tlio event of its success in
^November. The position which it has
taken diilcts very widely fiotn what very
many bcuth.orn Democrats havo conceived
to by tho aims arul publicly declared indentions
of the National Doaioeracv, and,
i'.R faithful chronicles of political erer.ts, we,
therefore, place the statement of tlio Y/orhl
lo.forc our reader.*. The article to which
wa refer was in rtj !y to tlio following paragraphs
which upjoared in the New York
Times, of Wednesday Inst:
According to tlio policy thus authoritatively
proclaimed, it will he incumbent on
Mr. Seymour, if elected, to Pet, atMo the
iiew governments as null and void, and
with tiio help of tliv! military to ditperso
them aud ra-eslabl'sh the ord'.T of things
vliich CongrosH al-olUht-d. This pro
gramme iuvulvcs tlio forcible destruction
of governments organized under the law,
?iml whoso validity Cougifess has recog
nizeu, the overthrow of constitutions which
luve been ratified by a majority of the
people, the disfranchisement of the frecdmen
in defiance of exiiting law, and the
rt'slorMiion to power of lebol leaders in Fplte
of tlie disability imposed by the fouituenlh
jimonduiunt. * * * *
Will the World give i?? opinion frankly
touching the practical application of the
lllair doclrii.o as to the dispersion of the
Southern government and the dufranchisviuent
of the freudiuen by tli-j mero
older of a Duiiocmlic Pix-kulont ? Will it
vxplnio how it reconciles it6 professed reaped
fur law, and its ucjiiiowledginrnt ol
the lie fjrlu authority of tho new govern- j
inputs, with its support of candidal** who i
nrc pledged to defy and violently to over- ]
throw bi'th ?
To which "illkiilmiK mml I,It." lt>? TJ''". ?7 / I
kiiu rr VI tu
in?Jcos ' frank niuwer"' *s follows :
This t>tmill of remark an?l request f?r
information proceed upon the unwarranted
Mr-sum ptiou that Geueial Blair's letter is a
part of the Democratic platform. But
there is no process of fair reasoning hy j
which it caa l?e mado to appear so. Tim I
Democratic National Convention adopted
iUs platform before balloting for candidates,
mid without any expectation that Mr.Si}-]
luour would bo its nominee for President |
or General Blair for Vice-l'residcnt. !
"Whatever candidates had been nominated, I
their acceptance would havo bound their |
personal honor to the nuppori of tho platform,
although it might have conflicted, in
a?uio ropects, with their own declared
view*. (Jovonior Si-ymour, not long before
the Convention met, made a noteworthy
p| eoch on the payment of tho public debt
Does the Times believe, or does anybody
believe, that in nominating him the Convention
indorsed all the views expressed in
that speech ? Oil the contrary, everybody
Kdinils thiit Governor Seytu*ur, by accepting
the nnmiuation, yielded whatever in i
liis previous views did not fully accord with
the platform. The Fume reasoning aimlm*!
o 1 &
to General JJlair. IIo is bound by precisely
the 8anio obligations of persona!
honor* if there isanyibing in bis JJroadhead
letter incoubistcut with the platform, b'e
renounced it in ncccpting the nomination,
jiut as Mr. Seymour made a similar renunciation
if tbere was anything inconsistent
will) the platform in his financial 6pench.
The candidates of a grant political parly
stand in a representative capacity. Their
honor, which forbids thorn to accept the
nomination of the party unless they have
previomlv pgieid with it in essentials
binds them lo. sink minor difference?.
Whatever the Times may think of the
ethics of Hitch matters, it cannot be permitted
to make u different rule for tho two
candidates of the Democratic party. Our
eotemporary must either hold that the
Democratic party is pledged to all the
previous views of ITr. Seymour, or else
admit that the party is pledged to all the
views expressed by General Hlair previous
to his nomination. The Times ms^ take
which horn of this dilemma it pleases, but
we shall force it upon one o( them.1
III our Mtininn il>?
.(iv i.vitmif/eney contemplated
by General Blair in fiis Broadhead
letter is never likely tearite. The
example of Georgia demonstrates that
everything desirable can be accomplished
through the ngeucy of the near -State govcruinanta.
The fact that, in the greater
part of the South, the whit? -oitizons' tare a
in-jurity, and that they monopolize the
properly, the educations $he< social Jnflueuci*,
and (he politicHi erperienb* of tteir
section, prove that, if let alone, they can
mould thoir institatiocift into thy form they
pleftfe. There will be no need of dispersing
the new governments by force, because
t.iey ean so easily be made the agent# of
their own reformation. Encouraged *nd
^ T,?r aM?ttMSMKmM
supported h>j tlio public opinion of Iho
whole country, as ihc Southern whites will
bo by the election of tho Doinocrntic candidates,
they will hare no difficulty in revising
the present constitutions by methods
so frco from loijal question, that no fulcra
interference will be possible to thwart and
none necessary to aid them.
We .no confirmed in this view by the j
fact that tho ingenuity of tho 7'imcs itself ^
can descry no other remedy than a refusal i
to a 1 mit senators and representatives from 1
the States which thus transform their government.
In an article on tho 1 Uh inst.,
upon tho expulsion of the negroes from
the Georgia Legislature, the Times said :
IIow tho wrong may be remedied is a
question we are not disposed to answer
with '.ho same degree of conli leneo. It is
a (liltiouit and delicato question.. The
House lias a ri^ht to decide upon tlioeloclion
and mtulilioalioti of its members, and
no Statu Court has jurisdiction over it.
An adverse judgment m ?y he announced,
hut tin prominent advocates of expulsion
"nave announced their intention to disregard
it. They claim to be judges of law as well ,
as of fact, and will liced iio opinion or de- I
eisiou at rarianco with their action. WAuf, j
then, can Congress do? J/ay not the
Si >11/tc aw.l JJip'iic in turn tt Avert thiir
stijirchic control over dictions and qtutfi/ica
lions, and rcvfcctively refuse to admit the
.senators and r<j:rcf(:ttutir:* ivhoui (ijorai-j. ;
will send to the next session ! The inquiry |
is not extravagant in A'iew of iho fa-w. Lhai
Georgia ng lined its privilogo of self-government,
in part.hv ratifvin.-* ?1.n f,inti(.??.t?
I amendment, which, without that vole, !
J would stiil bo law. The net of ratification,
however, in the Georgia house, was carried
by tho vot?s of the colored meruben who
have boon expelled as ineligible. If they
I.ad no lawful title to seats t!ioy could have
none to votes ; and after ttriking them off,
the motion to ratify becomes a failure.
Interpreting the action of the Legislature
in re^pecl of the nmundiuent in tho light
of its rec?:;t proceeding, no special pleading
would seem Decenary to justify revision
by Congress on the ground of fraud* j
For if what purported to be a ratification |
was really not Mich, admission obtained In ,
reliance uj-Oij it was in fact admission by I
false protvuc.UK ; and Congress may viuJi- j
rate its iulryrity and pnn'!?h l/is J'i<Ju<l by j
rcfiixiHtt lt> iw in/' '? <>
. , J .-..V, uwiym 9LIIH KJTS UUU I
represents lias. That btep would virlu.-4.lly
be a declaration that the reconstruction of
the States tlill incomplete.
Now, whatever may ho thought of this
| remedy iu oihur re.-peuts, the Tiii.es must
' perceive that it cannot work when wo
cuine to hnvo n Democratic President ami j
I Llouso of U''pre*eii(rttives. All that Congress
could dout the next ses6ioD, would be
j to stultify itself and make itself a laughing
stock, by expelling the carpet bag members
| it has just admitted, and covering with dtrision
the tirst plank uf the Chicago plnt1
form, which congratulates the country 011
the perfect success of the reconstruction
policy. But as soon as there is a Democratic
House, the llepublicans nre checkmated.
The joint resolution readmitting
the Slates and sanctioning their governments
cannot be repealed without the concurrence
of both Houses; and, until it is
repealed, neither cau refuse to admit members
on tho ground that thero is no valid
State government. The Times must
??w.
...v.v.i/iu nci: UIHI, US p;iliy Will t)tf bound,
hand ai.d toot, in folt?rs of its own forging.
There will bo no necessity for demolishing
the gallows erected by Hainan, when lio
can bo easily bo hanged 011 it himself.
a later dkc la ii ati ox.
The New Voile World of Saturday last
has nnollicr lender on tho suniu sul joct at
the ahoro, and oven more unmistakable in
its drift. Wo quote the more important
portions of tne article :
tim great ucobear.
Tho cLief topic of Republican invective,
since llie opening of the canvass, is the
imputed intention of the Democratic party
to disporse the carpet-bag governments by
force after tho inauguration of Seymour
and L?!air. Tho Times, if wo understand
iu rejoiuder to tho World yesterday, admits
that this imputation cannot be sustained
unless it in a logical sequence of the
Democratic platform. This puts the controversy
on its true ground ; and on that
i ground wu proceed to febow that the im!
puted intention is a baseless chimera.
The Times, arguing from the platform, '
rests its ca?e on the declaration that tho
Reconstruction acts aiO "uaiirnnfinnn iin
, ?
constitutional, revolutionary and void," And
on iIlo fact that this clause was inserted iu
the platform nt iho iustanCt of General
Wade Hampton. The fact lhat Wade
Litiinpton suggested it signifies nothing,
unlet* it can be shown ibat it is a doctrine '
which the Democratic party bad not pr?- *'
I viously bold. Now, it is notorious that
this is a subject on which there bas never
j'been any difference of opinion in theDem-?
ocratic ranks. From Iho very iuception of
i the Reconstruction acts the Democratic
party bas, to ??mtn, ionsistently and in- .
dignantly denounced them as high banded
usurpations nod flagrant violations of the
constitution. Every speech made against
them in Congress, by every Dcmocratio
member, bas proccede J upon that ground. '
All of Frosideut Johnsons numerous veto 1
* **
- - - - -
message', uniformly applauded by the
Democratic party, havo held up tho llidical
measures as revolutionary violations of
the constitution. TbU _ doctrino did not
originate with Wade Hampton ; it did not
originate with tho South ; it has Leon,
from tho first, tho spontaneous, Bellied, uni->
versal belief of tho wholo Democratic parly.
If it had not appeared in tho platform in
tho words suggested by Wade Hampton.
it would have been introduced io some
other words; for it lias been the constant
sentiment of the parly on tli.it subject.
The only pertinent inquiry is, whether
tho Til/lets' inference is well drawn ; whether,
in oilier words, a declaration that the
Reconstruction acts are "unconstitutional,
revolutionary and void," pledges the party
to disperse the new governments hy I'urcc. j
It is an accepted principle of logic that an
argument whioh proves too much proves
nothing. If the reasoning of the Ti.ticx
proves tlihL its editor is pledged to abet tho
tho overthrow of the Radical policy by
force, he will perhaps recoil fioin his own
conclusions, and admit that his foimidablc
inference is ill drawn.
Tho World then addresses the editor of
tho Times, Mr. IL. J. Raymond, in u p??w?
eriui aiycimcnlutii ad hoiuinum, leiuinding
him of the strong protest which ho himself
drew up against tlie llteoustruclion nets,
ami which waa adopted hy the Philadelphia
Convention, nud couirfibting his position*
thou and now. 'i'liu liw U then couclu.lca
as ;
1 >ut we need no assistance from the
Philadelphia address to confute tho pretence
that the Democratic party is pledged
to destroy thy new Slate governments hy
force. There is not only nothing of tlie
kind in the platform, hut nothing which
can bear that construction in the action-of
the Southern people. WaJe Hampton
himeelf ib trying to carry his own Slate
for Seymour and Biftir through the agency
of the carpet-bug government. Everybody
knows what has been done iu Georgia.
In a^l the reconstructed States llicy
are attempting to effect a change by political
action which recognises tho u*uiping
governments dc facto, while dcnTin;? their
validity uV jure. Tho example of Georgia!
demonstrates that this peaceful method of'
will be successful if endotsed by tlic public
opinion of the country in tlic J'resi'JenTTa!
election. No force will be resorted to?none
will bo necessary. The same nmjoritj
which tuilioes to get control of the proic:Mt
State governments wiil also Kiidice to
alter the Stale constitutions. With a Democratic
President and House of Representative?,
Congress cannot interfere to prevent
the change, and immunity (rom such iutoiference
is all tho Southern people need oxpect
or ask.
THE OTHER SIDE.
It must not b.) supposed, however, that
the views of the World given above have
been permitted to pa-s altogether unchallenged.
liiick poineroy, in hU New
York Democrat, takes up the cudgel on
tho oilier side in earnest. In Friday's ii=sue
of the paper, wo find li.e following
characteristic ouitoral, which epeaks for
it&oif :
HONESTY THE BEST I'OLICV.
If there is anything in his Brodhend lettor
inconsistent with iho platform, be renounced
it io accepting the uomination.
[uvw.
None but a recreant Republican could
have written that sentence. Nuno hut a
member of the bread and butter brigade
would stoop so low and lie so basely as did
the man who wrote that line.
Tlio World knows, we know, tvory
member of the Convention known, that
Frank Blair's letter securcd to Frapk Bh\ir
the nomination, and m<ule him the favorite
with Rome even for the first position on the
tickot. Stand by your guns, if you have
any, Mr. WorldAy wis# man; but what
c*lt eisa you cii>, don't hope nor try to invoIto
the party that pays you in any cowardly
desertion of its priuciples or it* leader*.
Frank Blair's letter iff a prtrt of the platform.
Thank God ho is not a marble that
can wabble backward nnd forward from
#
platform to platform like a sick rat for
toa&ted chai'Ho. lie wroto that letter for
two human reasons:
1. lie knew what he meant and wished
the public to know it, too.
2. lie desired a nomination/and deeto*
ed that a good way to:get it.
lie was right, it seems, and no pntln can ;
more heartily despise the journal tl|at insidiously
opens the door for a dishonorable
retreat than he. It takes a Southernized
Yankee, a renegade Radical, a pap seeking
leech to squirm and lie, and make faces to
suit the emergency ; huMhey never deceive
anybody, and io time meet tbeconlerapt
tbey richly merit. s"
: MTn;,y. HUT
I do bo love t^i think- of each day's
events as just the development or His
etefna^ plan all-coming Do poas 'iri perfect
ordcr^ and perfect harmony, and
not one 'thing Jitiftrted over 6r ' out of
ts place. .in
m i i " '
The difference between an oyster
and a chicken is, that one is best just
out of the shell, and tho other isn't.
?
Why can not Fowls ho kept in Largo
FloeUs ?
It is pretty generally concedod that i
no one is successful who nttomptH to
keep together a large number of fowls, I
and tiiat those who keep the smallest 1
number together generally obtain tho ]
greatest proportionate number t>f egijs. i
And this id, wo think, not only true, <
but easily accounted fur. j
Jjvery ono who has kept fowls
ktiOWH that they are very uncleanly
birds. They even wash themselves in I
tho dirt, and that evidently :.ot for ]
tho purpose of cleanliness, but to rid
lhoo?Hclves of vermin. Thev prefer <
jcluan light ^and, bccauso if in the sun
! it, is generally warmer, and is easily <
moved, but they eeeiu equally to enjoy i
any Bolt, dry earth, although it may
| not bo very sweet and clean. They |
aro notoriously lilthy in t'.ieir coops, i
j roof.ting under each other, taking no
pains to avoid the dropping-*, Boiling <
their food, water and ncsf;) v.'ilh their i
droppings, and doirg nU het apparent- I
ly toward'*, clcaiiiincss. Thin is more '
manifest, in iho houso where they are
'oOt.Oncd, and whero tho air should bo 1
as pure as possible. If they arc at 1
largo and few in number, they move 1
around so much that they can not ^
sour the ground. They are by nature
clean, but by habit the reveruc, and '
the only way to keep them in the 1
natural state, ss to give them range
enough, so that they can not soil their 1
haunts^or elso eleanso their haunts (
caiefully and faithfully every day. 1
We onco kept one solitary hen on
our place lor several months. She s
was of Iho common barn yard breed.
Wo never saw a hoallhicr fowl, or '
whoso feathers kept so fresh and por- ?
feet, and she was a conttant layer. '
No caro was taken of her, and" wo always
attributed her thrift to the fact ^
that sbo had the whole rango of our
place for excrei.so and her quarters r
were alv.nys perfectly dean. "
As soon .'is 3"our flock boeomcs large
you will liiul them crowding togetbor
and al\vay6 pouring their haunts, if
thorn are a sufliciont number of them n
to''do it. You may do something toward*
preventing' this, but you can n
not keep very largo flocks very clean. a
We have often seen it stated that l<
no more than fifty hens should be
kept i/\ a henhouso twonty loot by
tou. Kxoopt with constant, care and
cleaning, that number can not do
..wii .. "
?-?j own <11 u CHiUllvr PpUCO. |j
The size of tho flock must always 0]
depond upon the extent of tho uccorn vv
tnodationn, and ovcu then tho large i),
flocks can not bo kept so cleanly and ?;
healthy aa the muall ones, and there- (J
fore aro not in proportion so profit- |t
. iblo.? Cultivator and Country Gentleman.
i)
k
The Drain of Silver to Asia. w
lc
It id admitted by all eminent authors al
who have written about the present supply (t
of the prccious metal that it far exceeds |j
the demand of Christendom, nn.1 it* im.w_ <<
hie fall in value is retardoil only by ex- 1
ceptional and temporary circumstances, rj
ihe chief of which is Llio remarkable stream
of silver pouring into Asia. The Hindoos
and Chinese and Japanese, are industrious j,|
and very populous nations, which bavo to a(
import nearly all thoir gold and silver from g
abraid, and their cnpacity to absorb thoso ^
metals increases as value declines, nnd as h
their stock becomes greater their wages tl
rise, and thoy obtain the means to purchase &]
more foreign goods, and after a time thoy n
will have as much coin proportionately to h
their productive powers as the Christian <j
nations; and then their imports of mer- h
chandiso will nearly equal thoir exports,
and the importations of the precious metals j,
will tioL be one-tenth of the present figuro. \
Asia is called"thc sink of silver" by (j
Pliny, and it has deserved that name ever ^
since, and will continuo to de?erve that jr
name forfc an uncertain period in' tlio j-j,
future.
So long as wo continue to consume bo y,
much tea, silk, rice, and other Asiatic (t?
products, nnd so loniz as thev conauinn1 ?/> -
o ' wv %V
few of our products, so long we must j]
8uttlo the difference by payment of tlio
precious metule, and the precious metals
%yill probaly not decline much 'in value. "
But let the vos96l of Asialio :ltradei' now _
lialf empty of silver, b\) once filled/ fliit'
will be in 5,10, or 15 years, and then wo hall
begin to fuel the influence of tbd
'over-supply of the precfous 'metals, and j-;(
their market valuo will fall rapidly. b(
Christendom and Aei& may be compared a,
ft two tubs stuodihg side by side, and m
oouuecled by a large open tube half way d'
from the ground, and'die'supply' of the ^
precious melafe ' to (a>J stream of wit'di'
fallincr into thfl (nti
a ?-.-.7''ro
<Mta. Before ilie tube was' wfcU1 'opensd1/
the level 1reso vfcry rAj>tdly ih tfie firr b<
tube; >but now tbe stream ponrs so swiftly bs
into-the second, that tbe level can scaroely ei
rise at aUOo the first. / When the liquid <44
gftsup to the same Wvel in bqlU tubs.lhon c<
it will rise witb equal pace in botb.?lions b*
Jjroivnts8 Report for 1807. 61
4
THE PEACHES.
A countryman brought from the
city fivo peaches, Iho finest thr.t ever
were seen. Hut. his children p^w thin
Punt for the llrst time. Thereforethey
wondered and rejoiced in the
[nelly peaches with their red checks
and delicate down. Tho father then
lividod them among his four boys and
^Avc ono to their molhor.
In tho evening, when tho children
went to their bleeping chamber, the
father asked: "Well, and how did the
p nitty poaches taste ?"
"Finely, dear father," Raid tho old23t.
"It is a beautiful fruit?so tartisli
and delicato in taste. 1 have
carefully kept tho Ftone, and I will
rai.se a trco from it."
"Bravo," said tho father; "that ib
providing economically lor tho future
13 becorr>.ea >i landsman."
''I ate mine at once," tho j^oungost
iried, "and throw away thostono, and
tnolher gavo mo hall of her's. Oh, it
tailed so sweet, and melted in my
mouth."
"Well," said tho father, "you have
not acted very wisely, but naturally,
nid in a child's manner. For wisdom
there is yet room in tho courso of
iour hfo."
Then tho second son bogan : "I hunted
up tho btono which my little broker
threw a-vay, and craelcod it.
L'liero wa.j a seed in it that tasted as
i nut. JL>ut my poach I sold for
inoug'u, when 1 go to tho city, that 1
:au probably buy twelvo."
Iho father shook his head, and
aid :
"That is wiflo enough, but child like
ind natural it wua not. lleaven
;uard you that you do not become a
nerchaut."
"And you, Edmund f" asked tho
Athor.
Sulf-posscoscd and frank, Edmund
o]ditid : "I carried my poach to our
neighbor George, who was sick of a
jvor. lio would uot Inkoitj then 1
lid it upon ' bod, and came away."
"Weil," * 1 tho father who ha3
iado the best uso of his peach V
All three exclaimed, ".Brother Edlund
I" But Edmuud was silent,
~.l 1.2- 1
ma uih muiuur cmoracea him 'with
;uru ia hor cyos.
A LTHLE MISSION GIRL.
A 'iltlo mission girl knelt ono night
y her bod to pray. Sbo was thinking
f tho Sunday school teacher, and o <
hat she had beard ol Jesus, and she i
o?an to hear a soft voico saying,
Sarah, Sarah, I died for you on the
ross. I love you. Sarah, won't you
>vo inc 'I"
This soft voico ftho heard in her
cart, nut in her ear; so sbo began to <
sol hor heart golting warmer, and it !
'hispcrcd to her, "Oh, bow llo did ;
ivo tno. Yes, I must lovo llim. 1 I
rn going to begin now." So eho Baid i
> Jeaus?fur sho knew that it was I
Lib voicc sho heard in her hoart? (
Jesus, I am only a poor littlo girl, but I
want to love you. It is hard to do i
jht, but I want to do it, and I want i
> oorno to you." . I
Sho got up tho next morning, and t
10 next, and the next, and pretty |
)ori the lady she was living with be- \
an to nay, "Why, what is tho matter f
'ith Sarah? what has como over i
cr ? How nico 6he koeps every? j
ling, and how Careful sho is. When t
io tukcis tho babv to nurso sho
ot drop it, and sho docs not lcavo
or work and run out to play, and sho
ood not tell any moro lies. * What h
as comc over her ?"
Ah, sho lias got sornothing in lior (
oart. What it? Jesus, Jesus! (
op. Who was helping her 67cry
ny ? Jesus. And by and by ttio (
iistrof-8 said, "Sarah hns something
1 her heart that sho did not uso to *
ftvo." It was Jesus.
Do not you want to liavo Jesus in '
our heart? Bo not you want to (
tlco Him homo to your bouso? Ho \
ill eorao if you want flim to. Does }
io not lovo litllo children ? Ob, yos, 1
vxrly.?Child's paper. |
Short Process for Raving Bacon *
-Make a solution of salt in bot water *
icat raised as high as the flro will
akeit); pat tbo pork in tho hot ?
ine, with as mnch animal heat as k
assiblo.. Lot ttie hams and shoulders 1
5 kept in three miniitos ahd a half, *
jd tho "middlings two and a half 1
inu'tds, and tiiien;,fJang them 'imrae- t
atoly un and smoke them, and you t
a cuoico article of bacon in a. 1
spy snort time to what you wity{i by j
to usual prooQiis, as well as.savipg ?
Ur-flfihs of your aitf/ < <?*n* ?< s
This process will answor %Hiy time
stween-Uovoinbcr and April. 1 have *
ivcd mu'eh in this' way . for-six pr 2
ght . years. Se^w t,bat you kqojj a
x^ill portion of salt,' during the
>6S, in Iho bottom of your ^rfesevW
a certain your brine is anmoiently I
irong during the wholo process. a
Printing of tlic Bible.
During tho reign of Ilonry VITT.,
and in tho year 1538, a celebrated
j?rintcr named Grafton undertook to j
print tlio great Bible in ijrigland, but
owing to a lack o( a sufficient number
of workmen and types, bo was under
tho necessity of transferring tbc work
to Franco, which bo did, and commencod
operations in the city of Paris. 1
Such an attempt was, however, inimical
to the teachings and wishes of the
Romish Church of that country, and
no was stopped lrom proceeding with |
what thoy termed a heretical book.
Determined not to bp deterred from
accomplishing hid great de.rgn, he
procured presses*, type, printers and
bookbinders, and returned with them (
to England, where bo finished the
work in the year 15ol), which has contribatcd
bo much to tbo knowledge
and tbo happiness of mankind. Tbo j
tireit edition coiiMStcd of about 2,000 j
copies, and each church in England
was supplied with a copy, which was
kept secured to a desk by a chain.
You would doubtless be surprised,
upon visiting one of our churcbcs, to
fmd that tho Holy liiblo was chained
lo the pulpit or do.-dc, and eo would
any one at the prcsont day ; but not
so then, for very few people, savo
monk.? and priosts, had ever seen a
liiblo beforo, and a still fewer number
bad been allowed to pernio it. Consequently
it was in ono soriso evon
more precious than it is at tho present
time, und, in order to prevent its being
stolen ar.d destroyed by those who
wcro opposed to its genoral uso by tho
people, or mutilated by caroless and
indiscreet persons, of whom all wcro
not actuated by desires other than
thoso prompted by idle curiosity and
vanity, it was neccesary to keop it
within the church, and under tbo
watchful caro of tbo church oflloors.
Seven Bimilar editions of this work
wero issued within thrco j'ears,
amounting to something near 17,500 1
volumes. i
As a necessary consequence, this
amount of work furnished employ-* 1
mcnt to a great number of binders,
and rendered tho Urt of binding otso of
considerable importance at that period.
Tho king himself had many of j
tho volumes bound in velvet, eur- (
mounted with gold ornaments, and it ,
is believed that during his reign the ?
stamping of tools in gold was first
practiced* Qucon Elizabeth, who sue- f
cooded Ilonry VIII., mado somo ex- !
t|uisilo book coverings of embroidery j
with her own hunde, and aft,er bedeck- j
ing books of devotion, etc., with them J
presonted them, to her friends and
admirer*. But to a French r.oblo- '
man, named Joan Grolier, is tho credit ,
Juo for being iho II rat ta introduce /
lettering upou tho backs of books, and j
for a mott elegant stylo of ornamonta- 1
l.inn. TIf jlnlirrlit? ? 1 lL- ^
I? Having llio ^
sides of hid books ornaracniod with A
beautiful patterns, most of which lie t
j coign cd himself. His bocks were al! '
1
bound in calf, or smooth morocco, and ^
the design peculiar to himself consist- i
id of intersected liuo work, poiformod ,
iy hand, with curvo^, and an occa- t
ifonal flower or loaf, Sometimes these *
>attcrns wero inlaid with morocco of 1
7arious colors. J lis books arc much t
sought after by connoisseurs in the <
irt, on account of tlig great beauty \
ind eloganco of their binding.?Chris- 1
'lan Index. - *
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Gambling.?Tho prevalence of the 1
>ocial evil known as gambling, in ^
>vcry class of tho community, is ox- r
;iting tho attention of thoso politi- '
..i _ .. - ?? ' ?
;kui? who are aiso moralists. JiOt- n
,ing, one of the most popular forms J
>f this ruinous vice, is becoming asso- ^
riated with every amusement of En- c
^lish life, from horse-racing to house- ^
aold games. The debasing effects of ^
;his habit are visible amongst men of jj
>very rank and ago; and the fool'st c
irgumont of a bet assails one*j ears y
n every street and public assembly *
n England. If respectablo newspa- c
)crs would ccaso to give the gambling *
lows as they givo the niartcfcls and
be debates, it would greatly difecoi'ir c.
igo tho vice of which wo complain. ^
[t is fast getting to be one Of tho rec- f
>giiinod institutions of tiro couhtry
Some of our pulpits would bo doing c
uoro good than they now doj if they' 3
rero to givo us less polemical decla- *
nation and auoro faithful preaching *
igainst tho moral cvils of .tho'day, w
ho living devils that honest^ men s
lave to do. battle Ayith ^every jjo^r. C
V fow of tho LondonjBapprs^-c^ g
his growing curso
y&ting$^rtiM\Zeonaid'bflW>fo, V1 o7( <j
i'lyl oi'>h'{TUII'JmJ*<TT 'UU 't<A n> ; . j"
f^kim&oixohwnjcftnUCollFyBa^ j'^ot- e
irayer bo the key of tho morning a
ind the bolt of tho ovening."
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il iJim ^JEJrjraiww maa
CHEERFULNESS.
An old and a very common objection
to tlie Christian religion is, lluit
it is uusuitod to the natural buoyancy
and cheerfulness oi'youth, to the vigor i
and enterprise of manhood and to infirm
old a.^e alike. Some admit that
it has its present pleasures and its
promises of future bliss, but deny that
these compensate for (he loss of the
worldly enjoyments of this life: and
therefore that they are either misguided
or fanatical who f?sek the
pleasures of the Spirit and of faith at
me saeriliee of the pleasures of sense
iiiul of sight. Dili in noLliiiii^ of the
spiritual life has llio natural mind so
misconceived as in this direction, (1
Cor. 2: 11; 1 Tim. 1: 8; unci JLVr. 07:
1 1.) Curtain asct. ;ics aiul some gloomy
pietis/s have placed restriclions upon
the lawful enjoyments of the world,
until they east a cloud of gloom j
around religion instead of using il to
crown them as with a halo of light j
and beauty. It is in this way that I
many, and especially those of youth- I
fnl years, have been terrified with
religion instead of being attracted
by it. ^ j
These self-righteous religionists divorce
religion from the world and
deprive her from working out one
great feature of her mission, which
was not to abolish, but to reform and
sanctify the proper enjoyments of secular
life, and thus to make the relations
of domestic nnd sor-inl 15P?? n.?.1
the operations of literature, science
and art the friends and aids of religion
rather than her enemies.
Cheerfulness ought not to bo eonfonnded
with mirth, as Iheso men of
anstore principles do, and who back
their ascctio views with the observation
that Jctfu*, " the great pattern of
perfection, was never seen to lauyh!"
Mirth is the out gushing of momentary
and mostly of unlawful joy, and
then may leave*the soul to sink into
the deepest melancholy! Cheerfulness
i.s the slower but more constant |
(lowing of a stream supplied l?y the I
cquauiinily of mind or the conscious
integrity of soul which belong to the
virtuous and holy. Cheerfulness is
but another expression for the serenity
of sonl Jesus had and which
breathes from his portrait drawn by
I ho Divine Artist within the gospels,
lit hough there is no rccorcl of laughter
. onnected with it.
JS*ay, not only is laughter not necessary
to cheerfulness, but on the other
land, this may be expressed by tears.
Have you never heard of one " wecpng
for joy?'' iSoino thirteen years
igo a young mail stood in the pulpit
L now occupy: he was preaching his
'trial sermon" before the Presbytery
)f -Baltimore. There was nothing
pathetic in the discourse by which to
move the audicuco to tears, and the
........ 4) l-.i
^i.>1 v u 4 ivnuj ior? but mere caimi}'
udging whether or not be woro qualiiod
to preach the "Word of God. But
here was 0110 man there, amidst the
jongrogation, and he a ruling elder,
.vho'was powerfully overwhelmed by
he service. I To was the venerable
alher of the candidate in the pulpit.
[ saw him wiping away t??ar alt iv
ear as they trickled down his cheoksl
kVhy did ho woep? Not because, like
nany a heart-broken parent, he had
o mourn over a son, besotted, clemuched,
ruined, disgracing tho pa enlal
name, and cursing tho mother
hat lioro him. and bringing the labor's
grey hairs with sorrow to tho
;rave! JXo, he wept for joy! lie
vept under tho overwhelming fact
hat there was tho Lube ho had con sera
ted to Cod in infancy: the child
rained l>y an anxious mother iu the
mrtiiro and admonition of tlie Lord.:
he boy of many fears and hones: tlie
nly son for whom lie had toiled : the
rtuth of a thousand temptations and of
is many prayers": now a young man of
joble form, of cultivated intellect, of a
anctitled heart, qnd_ withal, commisioned
of the court of heaven to preach
he blessed gospel of Jesus C'Knst! It
vas lor this consummation of his highist
earthly: hopes that ho wept I
iVhat lather, what mother, who ever
icard the most powerful notes of eloquence
from the lips of a darling pon,
landing within the Scnato Chamber,
>r heard the acclamations of praise
greeting a son as he returned from
ho tentod iield, tho nation's conquer>r,
what such parent ever enjoyed tho
>uro gladness of that parent within
hat temple of God 1
Hut alas, every joy conncctod with
mr poor frail humanity, must fail us,
towevcr pure tha^gpy may bo : but a
bw months of a most promising minstry
passed and tho young preacher
ueu i xet tnat light went not out, it
?nly faded -a^ay into that Creator
jight-Tth?*oSun of .Righteousness!
lord is.tho -only unfailing sourco of
rue enjyyjx^ent, and it is peculiarly
hft porting of tho righteous: it is ;
j^ljipiteaf and' Irf&chaustiblo; for it (
pringH from thb eifernal purpose of
iod in Christ, and it flows Tm parali\
With'An endless .-fnUjro,|u' It was 1
pbnedXafa^.sl^g from tho
>un4atipn.pf' the world, and XL springs 1
pinto-STMlastin^lIft'f KSicoitis '
no duty as Wcflas the prlvilogo of tho <
^lvistion to ho joyful above the worlding:
ne has received* unspeakably
^d'HMorOfbi^ bnght-to. be un- j
oafftfrfely thankftil.. " Hejoicq always; .
nd again. I bay, rejoice."
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A New Cunu for Feveus.?A Parisian
apothecary is making a littlo
stir just now with a medicinal preparation
of tar, known as tar-water,
which ho has introduced, and which,
from the definite quantity of the curative
principle that it contains, promises
to bo very useful to the doctors.
These is no quakery in tbo article:
tar-water has been known for moro
than a century; and the reason of my
mentioning the above fact is, that it
afiords a peg whereon to bang a story
illustrative of accidental diseoveies.
"When liisliop lierkcley was 011 his
Uliode Island evitfflitinn !>;? oiiin
i >
becalmed for several days in mid-occan
ami a terrible epidemic broke out
among tho crow. Some of tho sick
were placed in the bold of Iho vessel,
and burning with thirst, a few of them
actually drank the bilge water, which
was impregnated with tar. Strango
to say," those who drank recovered
from tho fever. Berkely, gifted, as
Pope said, with "every virtue under
heaven," was, of course, far-sighted,
and soon saw that tho tar was tho
healing agent; so ho drank tho water
himself, and avoided the contagion.
"When lie returned to Britain, ho set
about experimenting with the specific,
and having satisfied himself of its
real efiieaey, published several tracts
extolling ils virtues. Tho matter
was taken up by tho pharmacists;
tar-water was subjected to comment
and discussion, and febrile pationta
were subjected to tar-water.
A Cat Charmed by a Snake.?
Tho Ponsacola Observer tolls tho following
snako story : "A young lady
living in tho city bad a valued cat,
and a day or two siooo, losing sight of
it for an unusual longth of time, was
inducod to makosoarch for tho missing
pot. In a short time, to her surprise,
sho discovered the truant under
(hn Qhflrln nf o *
.... M?..v.u U DU1UU) Willi a HIIUKO
coilcJ around its body. Tho roptilo
stretching forth its pliant neck, and
curving it to tho position of a vis-a-vis,
hold tho charmcd folino spell bound.
Tho noighbours?several in number?
woro summonod to behold tho scenc.
I Finally, a lad soizod tho snake by the
tail, and placing a forked stick on its
head, uucoiloj his folds from around
tho cat. This done, both cat and
snaku lay with their gazo fastoned up*
on each other, nor was the charm bro
ken until ihft finrnonf *
x&oouvurui
ladies ia tbo city were witnesses oltho
abovo, its reality will not be quos-*
tioncd."
Tiie .Ramie.?This remarkable plank
has continued to bo this year propc
gated with great success in Louisiam
Texas and Mississippi. Last sprinf
tho plants grown on a piece of ground
in Louisiana were kept for cleaning
by tho Roezl macbino, tho rosult of
which we then stated, but as tho fibro
was not then and thereby mado perfectly
soft and pliablo, it was sent by
air. liiuctner, ono of tho agonta of
Air. Itoezl, to Germany, where, by a
procosB used tbero, it has been made
so soft, pliable and clear of any substance
foreign to it as a textilo, that
wo thought it must surely be silk, until
wo examined it closoiy, and saw
that it was tho vegetable fibre of
ramio.
Mr. Bruckdor tells us that tho ramio
can be prepared and made thus
flno and altogether silk-like at a cost
not to cxcced two conts per pound,
and then it will be vastly superior to
tho linen floss, which sells at. frnm a5v
to eight dollars per pound whon mado
iDto thread, and will certainly bo
worth, unppun, a dollar a pound.-?
Weekly Picayune.
Ten Good Hulks.?Chooso the
path of virtuo, and imitate a high
pattern.
Do all the good in thy power, and
let every action ho useful.
Cultivate thy mind carefully?it
will bo a storo of pleasing reflection.
Bo diligent in thy business, and
strictly upright in thy doalings.
Investigate affairs closely, and engage
in thorn cautiously.
Lav thv plans with nrndnnnn
^ * -* M\?vjiivV| MUU
be prepared with emergencies.
In all difficulties bo patient, and
overcome them by perscveranco.
Do that which noods doing most.
Have a place for everything and
everything in its place.
In all things bo economical without
meanness, and combino utility with
oiogance.
Sickness should teach us what a va?t
thing tho world is, what a vilo tlih.
sin is, what a poor thing man is, ai*svhat
a precious thing an interest L
Christ is. '
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Koop yoursolf from opportur.
Hid God will koop you from sins
Practice flows from priaci
js a man thinks, M* will we ?>j*